What You're Saying, 4/24/13

Do you think Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect, should face the death penalty? We asked our Facebook users:

Don’t believe in the death penalty for anybody, so no. He’s young. A long, ruined life spent in prison is a pretty good punishment.

—Susan Edwards LoveIs tar and feathering still a thing? We should do that.

—Geoff MisiakI’m torn. He’s just a baby. He was influenced by his older brother. I lean toward giving him life in prison. He will suffer there, and possibly learn the gravity of what he participated in. Perhaps on down the road he may be able to deter other young impressionable Islamic men from making the same poor choices. Death is an escape with no resolution, really.

—Tammie HeazlitThere shouldn’t even be a question, of course!

—Sandi Locricchio DeBruyneI think the punishment should change the behavior. If the behavior can’t be changed the should be put away so they can never hurt anyone else.

—Reed SwansonRegardless of how you already feel about this ... he still deserves a fair trial. So maybe we should worry about a guilty verdict or at least see the facts before we kill him. That’s kind of how its written in the 6th Amendment in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States.